Census Bureau's "By Decade" website
Includes a variety of publications, questionnaires, datasets, and more
Highlights
Questions asked (see questionnaire)
Name; age; sex; race; occupation; value of real estate; value of personal estate; place of birth; whether parents were foreign born; month of birth if born within the year; month of marriage if married within the year; school attendance; literacy; whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic; male citizens 21 and over, and number of such persons denied the right to vote for other than rebellion. Supplemental schedules for persons who died during the year; paupers; prisoners.
For more information:
Find all 1870 census publications in the Library.
Key publications:
Print available in the Library |
Online access |
Statistics of the Population: Tables I to VIII inclusive |
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Vital Statistics of the United States |
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The Statistics of the wealth and industry of the United States |
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Compendium |
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Statistical Atlas of the United States |